freebsd stable - Dec 2004 - ports directories are broken again?

About a month ago I saw a problem where many of the packaged ports 
disappeared from the main and mirror ftp sites.  I didn't have time to drop
a message then, and just compiled them myself.  However I'm seeing this
problem again today.  And it isn't just this one package -- numerous items
that appear in the ports searches are missing.

neptune.sv$ fetch
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/All/frontpage-5.0.2.2623_1.tbz
fetch:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/All/frontpage-5.0.2.2623_1.tbz:
File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)

neptune.sv$ pkg_add -r frontpage
Error: FTP Unable to get
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/frontpage.tbz:
File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)

neptune.sv$ ftp
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/All/
Trying 204.152.184.73...
Connected to ftp.freebsd.org.
	...etc clipped login readme
250 Directory successfully changed.
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> ls front*
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||13369|)
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-r--r--    1 110      0          250431 Oct 21 21:21 frontline-0.5.4_1.tbz
226 Directory send OK.


-- 
Joe Rhett
Senior Geek
Meer.net

On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:09:04AM -0800, Joe Rhett
wrote:
> About a month ago I saw a problem where many of the packaged ports 
> disappeared from the main and mirror ftp sites.  I didn't have time to
drop
> a message then, and just compiled them myself.  However I'm seeing this
> problem again today.  And it isn't just this one package -- numerous
items
> that appear in the ports searches are missing.
> 
> neptune.sv$ fetch
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/All/frontpage-5.0.2.2623_1.tbz
> fetch:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/All/frontpage-5.0.2.2623_1.tbz:
File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> 
> neptune.sv$ pkg_add -r frontpage
> Error: FTP Unable to get
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/frontpage.tbz:
File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> 
frontpage has not been packaged for years because a dependency
(compat3x) is forbidden for security reasons.  It looks like your
expectations are broken here :)

Kris

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